Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – May 3

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Party General Secretary and State President To Lam on Saturday received Japanese Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Takaichi Sanae during her official visit to Vietnam.

-- The Japanese prime minister was committed to launching the first project under the Partnership on Wide Energy and Resources Resilience Asia (POWERR Asia) initiative by supporting crude oil procurement for the Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Complex to ensure it operates at full capacity.

-- National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man met with the Japanese leader in Hanoi on the same day, affirming that the Vietnamese legislature will continue playing an active supervisory role in stepping up bilateral commitments and cooperation agreements, particularly in economy, trade, and investment.

Society

-- Thunderstorms, coupled with large hailstones, hit several northern localities such as Dien Bien, Lao Cai, Phu Tho, and Hanoi, causing damage to crops and residential properties on Saturday afternoon.

-- The Vietnamese prime minister has ordered deeper cuts to administrative procedures, focusing on fire prevention and firefighting, the establishment and operation of industrial parks and industrial clusters, environmental impact assessment, and construction permits.

-- More than 10,000 spectators came to Binh Phuoc Stadium to watch a football match and enjoy a drone show celebrating Dong Nai becoming a centrally governed city on Saturday evening.

Ho Chi Minh City

-- A rescue team in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday afternoon deployed a pulley system and descended directly into a well about 35 meters deep, successfully bringing a man in Tam Long Ward who had fallen into the well safely back to the surface.

Travel

-- Tens of thousands of residents and tourists flocked to the Dragon Bridge area in Da Nang City, central Vietnam to watch the ‘Peaceful Homeland’ gala, which featured a variety of parades and impressive artistic performances, on Saturday night.